Brixmor has agreed to ban Pocket Pets—a traveling kiosk that sells sugar gliders—at its 585 properties in 39 states.
The National Restaurant Association will no longer recommend glue trap usage in its ServSafe Food Safety Program curriculum.
After hearing from PETA, Sam’s Club agreed to pull a page with a foie gras product from its website and the company will not be selling any foie gras.
November 2011 The Toronto Zoo agreed to close its elephant exhibit and send the elephants to a sanctuary. The elephants—Iringa, Toka, and Thika—will spend the rest of their days roaming with other retired elephants at California’s spacious Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus paid a civil penalty of $270,000 for violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
A trapping initiative was halted in Ottawa, and officials are exploring less cruel measures.
A high school in Seattle has made the compassionate decision never to host another donkey basketball game.
Video game publisher Ubisoft agreed to remove a full-page print ad featuring a chimpanzee from November’s issue of ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine.
DDB Worldwide has chosen compassion over cruelty by signing the Great Ape Humane Pledge and agreeing never to use great apes in advertisements.
Fifth Third Bank took a stand against cruelty to animals by telling PETA that it was banning the use of glue traps.
For Greenhouse’s third anniversary, the New York City nightclub planned to rent an elephant but it has canceled the elephant exhibit.
Thanks to PETA, MetLife—the sixth largest financial institution in the country—has banned the use of glue traps in all its buildings!
International clothing retailer Mango will add a prohibition on exotic skins to its 2011 animal welfare sustainability report.
After hearing from PETA, Starbucks decided to act compassionately by removing all rodent glue traps from its Canadian stores!
Whole Foods pulled its calendars featuring Ringling images from its stores nationwide.
